German food, polka music and throwing trombones: Celebrating Old Town Cape's first Oktoberfest

Sunday, October 25, 2009

The sounds of oom-pah music filled the air in downtown Cape Girardeau as Pat Schwent and "The German Hot Seven" polka band entertained the crowd at the first Old Town Cape Oktoberfest. The event, set at the gazebo on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn, drew people who wanted to hear the music, drink a beer, eat some traditional foods and even toss a trombone.

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